I've made a few congressional visits in the last month and after experiencing some disconnect with staffers on the urgency of climate change (surprising, right?), I've become even more committed to nailing down effective messaging on the issue. Turns out there are a handful of organizations out there working on the same. Among them:

I'll close with a great slideshow produced by my friends (and fellow Tar Sands Action arestees) Sieren and Yiming on tar sands impacts. What makes the presentation so great is its balance between the science of climate change, striking imagery and personal stories. The biggest take-home lesson I've learned from all the sources above is that climate change communications have relied too heavily on data in the past, that stories and pictures are often more convincing than science. This presentation is a great illustration of what works and Yiming told me it was well-received in her own recent visit to Congress. Feel free to share!